News from September 2016
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: MONTICELLO, Utah - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Monticello Field Office is seeking public comment on an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing a proposed trail system for Recapture Canyon near Blanding, Utah. The EA responds to San Juan County’s application for a right-of-way that would provide additional off-road, motorized travel opportunities in the Recapture Canyon area. The public comment period will be open for 45 days and comments can be submitted online.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: SPARKS, Nev., - The 2016 pine nut harvest season kicks off on lands managed by the Nevada Bureau of Land Management (BLM) and Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest. Both agencies are working together to ensure the public is safely harvesting pine nuts and aware of the regulations. The length of the pine nut harvest season varies depending on crop quality and seasonal weather conditions. It is generally September to late October when pine nuts are still available for harvest.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: HEADQUARTERS, TUPELO, MS: "During July 2016, the Natchez Trace Parkway experienced a slight decrease in the number of recreational visits over the 2015 figures," stated Superintendent Mary Risser. "This year, 525,501 visitors used the Parkway during June 2016 compared to 516,654 who were counted in 2015. These numbers continue to put the Natchez Trace Parkway on track to be among the top 10 most visited National Park Service sites.".
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: FARGO - US Attorney Christopher C. Myers announced that on September 8, 2016, Carl Eugene Smith, 24, Fargo, ND, was sentenced before US District Judge Ralph R. Erickson to serve 12 years in federal prison for two-count Indictment charging him with Interference with Commerce by Threats or Violence- Hobbs...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul Jr. announced today that Abimael Mercado, 35, of North Tonawanda, NY, pleaded guilty to unlawfully possessing a firearm as a convicted felon before Chief U.S. District Judge Frank P. Geraci, Jr. The charge carries a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: BUFFALO, N.Y.-U.S. Attorney William J. Hochul, Jr. announced today that U.S. District Court Judge Lawrence J. Vilardo sentenced Andres Martinez, 30, a citizen of the Dominican Republic and an inmate at Attica Correctional Facility, to 45 months in prison for his role in a conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute, and to distribute, heroin and marijuana. The defendant’s wife, Elizabeth Camue Martinez, was sentenced to 34 months in prison for her role in the conspiracy.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: SACRAMENTO, Calif. - Joshua Landon Klipp, 34, of Chico, was sentenced today to 25 years in prison for one count of production of child pornography and one count of receipt of child pornography, Acting U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert announced.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: ALEXANDRIA, Va. - Mark W. McGregor, 63, of Charles Town, West Virginia, was sentenced today to 18 months in prison for bribery concerning programs receiving federal funds. In addition, McGregor was ordered to pay $380,000 in restitution, $380,000 in forfeiture, and a $50,000 fine.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: James Robert Liang, a Volkswagen engineer, pleaded guilty today for his role in a nearly 10-year conspiracy to defraud U.S. regulators and U.S. Volkswagen customers by implementing software specifically designed to cheat U.S. emissions tests in hundreds of thousands of Volkswagen “clean diesel" vehicles, the Justice Department announced today. Liang’s plea agreement provides that he will cooperate with the government in its ongoing investigation.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Martin Huerta, 43, of Albuquerque, N.M., pled guilty this morning in federal court to an armed bank robbery charge. The guilty plea was entered without the benefit of a plea agreement.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: MOAB, UTAH - The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Utah Canyon Country Fire Zone and Moab Field Office has issued a Decision Record and Finding of No Significant Impact for an environmental assessment (EA) analyzing the potential impacts of a Programmatic Invasive Species Management Plan within approximately 2,856,082 acres of land.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Extensive Yosemite National Park Clean-Up Event to Occur September 21 - 25, 2016.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Montgomery, Alabama - Three individuals with links to the Crip street gang in Montgomery have been convicted in federal court for a series of armed robberies, announced George L. Beck Jr., U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Alabama. Tremane Darnell Carthen (37), Kevin Levarius Martin (27), and...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Defendant Caused $2.7 Million in Losses to Government Health Care Programs and Underreported His Income By Over $2.6 Million.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: ALBUQUERQUE - Christopher Cook, 38, of Albuquerque, N.M., pleaded guilty this morning in U.S. District Court to violating the federal firearms laws by unlawfully possessing a firearm and ammunition on Jan. 3, 2015, the day he shot and seriously injured Officer Lou Golson of the Albuquerque Police Department ...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: TULSA, Okla.- The results of the September 2016 Federal Grand Jury were announced today by Danny C. Williams Sr., United States Attorney for the Northern District of Oklahoma.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: EMINENCE, MO -Ozark National Scenic Riverways is pleased to announce a school reunion at the historic Buttin Rock School on September 24 from 11a.m. -2 p.m. The school will be open for viewing and a park ranger will be on hand to share a history of one-room schools in Shannon County. Former students...
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: SHREVEPORT, La. - United States Attorney Stephanie A. Finley announced that a Louisiana third party commercial driver’s license skills examiner was sentenced Thursday to one year supervised probation and fined $2,400 for falsifying test results by indicating a passing grade for driving skills tests that never took place.
By DOJ Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: COLUMBUS, Ohio - Former Reynoldsburg Police Officer Shane M. Mauger, 42, of Columbus, was sentenced in U.S. District Court today to 33 months in prison for using his position as a police officer to deprive people of their civil rights by falsifying search warrant affidavits and unlawfully seizing money and property during drug trafficking investigations.
By Interior Newswire | Sep 9, 2016
News Release: Fort Oglethorpe, GA:Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park invites the public to participate in a National Park Service centennial event located in the Sherman Reservation as part of Glass Street LIVE, a community-wide block party hosted by neighborhood partner, Glass House Collective, held Saturday, Sept. 24, from 11 am to 4 pm.
